Only state newspaper focused on international news had the event as the main report on Monday morning (7.Jul)
China’s main newspapers were little prominent to the BRICS Summit discussions in Rio. On the morning of Monday (7.Jul.2025), Sunday night (6.Jul) in Brazil, only the state -owned company CGTN –Focated in international news – had a report of 2 paragraphs about the event in a most prominent place on your site.
Other newspapers registered news from the president led by the president (PT) in smaller spaces on the websites. Also state -owned was the one who made a more complete report, with emphasis on “Global South Union”.
China’s president, Xi Jinping (PCP) did not go to the event in Rio. Who leads the Chinese delegation is the Prime Minister, I read Qiang.
Some Chinese newspapers highlighted the statement of Xi to a delegation of young Pickleball players – a similar sport of the United States who are visiting China than to BRICS.
See below the homepage of the main Chinese newspapers on the morning of Monday (7.Jul):
China Daily
DIARY OF THE PEOPLE
Xinhua
CGTN
Global Times
CAIXIN
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In addition to Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin also did not attend the event. The leader of the Russian delegation is the country’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov. The absence of the leaders of the 2 most powerful countries of the bloc raised doubts about the prestige of the meeting in Rio.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, classified these criticisms as “Superficial”.
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